Niger Delta University: ASUU shuts varsity down over unpaid salary

lecturers did not show off for work, leading classrooms to be empty.
Ongoing examinations were suspended and students were seen leaving the
campus and the university community for their various homes.


The Niger Delta University » (NDU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) in Bayelsa state has reportedly commenced a
sit-at-home protest following the inability of the Governor Seriake
Dickson-led administration to pay lecturers of the university
five-month salary arrears.
reports has it that ASUU directed its members to vacate the campus
and to suspend all academic activities till further notice this past
weekend.
On Friday, April 29, lecturers reportedly did not show off for work,
leading classrooms to be empty. Ongoing examinations were suspended
and students were seen leaving the campus and the university community
for their various homes.


The ASUU Chairman in NDU, Stanley Ogoun confirmed the situation and
said lecturers could no longer be discharging their duties without
money to run their daily expenses.
He said: " We have started the sit-at-home action and this means
suspension of all academic activities relating to teaching and
examination of students. "
The Bayelsa State Government has, however, appealed to ASUU and other
workers not to despair over the economic crisis facing the state
insisting that clearing their backlog of salaries remained the
first-line charge of Dickson.